[Coco] Amiga Systems

[Bill Loguidice]

You can run Linux on the Amiga and other Motorola 680x0-based systems, but
I can't fathom why you'd want to. There are "modern" Amigas that are super
high priced and run a special modern operating system, but I don't believe
that's what you're after. Of the classic Amigas, I'd recommend an Amiga
1200 with a combination 68030 accelerator/64MB trap door expansion and an
adapted compact flash card in place of the hard drive. You can get the
flash card preloaded with the vast majority of the platform's original
games and apps (including all of the CDTV and CD32 games). It's a heck of a
combination, though you'd probably be looking at anywhere from $250 - $350
for an optimal unit in that configuration. Anyway, if you have any other
questions I'd be happy to answer them off list.

-Bill

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On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 6:22 PM, John Donaldson <johnab8yz at verizon.net>wrote:

>     I have been thinking of playing around with a Amiga System. I was
> wondering if someone could tell me what would be the best system to look
> for and will that system run Linux and if so which version. I know of a
> computer shop in Dallas, TX that has a slew of old computer systems and
> such including old Amiga Systems. This may be better discussed off net, so
> as not to take up bandwith here.
>
>
> John Donaldson, AB8YZ
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